Flash Flood, Anderson
- When
- June 7, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.813, -95.653 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water was reported on county roads 153, 164, and 2140.
Flash Flood in Texas, June 7, 2001
June 7 Episode NarrativeA slow moving thunderstorm over the southeast sections of North Texas brought flash flooding to Anderson County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
June 7 Episode NarrativeA slow moving thunderstorm over the southeast sections of North Texas brought flash flooding to Anderson County.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 8:33 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 8:33 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 933 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001 RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING WITH RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OVER ANDERSON AND EASTERN LEON COUNTIES. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE AS THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. WILL LEAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT. MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OVERNIGHT SO WILL LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE MENTIONED. LOOKS LIKE CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AS CIRRUS SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLEX IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO/NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO SPREADS SOUTHEAST. NO CHANGES WITH THIS UPDATED OTHER THAN SOME SLIGHT CLOUD AND WIND ADJUSTMENTS. 79 .FWD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT FOR ZONES TXZ148... TXZ162...TXZ175 (ANDERSON...LEON...ROBERTSON COUNTIES).
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:05 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strikes in Mississippi, June 7, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, June 7, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 7, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7 to 10, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flood in Maryland, June 7, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 7 to 8, 2001
- Hail in Colorado, June 7, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 7, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, June 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2001
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5252316.